extrāneus1
Meaning
- adjectiveforeign
- adjectivestrange
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Exterus · Externus · Peregrinus · Alienigena · Extrarius · Extraneus · Advena · Hospes
1. Exterus and externus denote a foreigner, as one dwelling in a foreign country; whereas peregrinus, alienigena, advena, and hospes, as one who sojourns for a time in a country not his own. 2. Externus denotes a merely local relation, and is applicable to things as well as to persons; but exterus, an intrinsic relation, and is an epithet for persons only. Externæ nationes is a merely geographical expression for nations that are situated without; exteræ nationes, a political expression for foreign nations. 3. Extraneus means, that which is without us, in opp. to relatives, family, native country; whereas extrarius, in opp. to one’s self. Cic. ap. Colum. xii. Comparata est opera mulieris ad domesticam diligentiam; viri autem ad exercitationem forensem et extraneam: comp. with Juv. ii. 56. Utilitas aut in corpore posita est aut in extrariis rebus: or Quintil. vii. 2, 9, with vii. 4, 9. 4. Peregrinus is one who does not possess the right of citizenship, in opp. to civis, Sen. Helv. 6; alienigena, one born in another country, in opp. to patrius and indigena; advena, the emigrant, in opp. to indigena, Liv. xxi. 30; hospes, the foreigner, in opp. to popularis. 5. Peregrinus is the political name of a foreigner, as far as he is without the rights of a citizen and native inhabitant, with disrespect; hospes, the name given to him from a feeling of kindness, as possessing the rights of hospitality. Cic. Rull. ii. 34. Nos autem hinc Romæ, qui veneramus, jam non hospites sed peregrini atque advenæ nominabamur. (iv. 386.)
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | extrāneus | extrānea | extrāneum |
| genitive | extrāneī | extrāneae | extrāneī |
| dative | extrāneō | extrāneae | extrāneō |
| accusative | extrāneum | extrāneam | extrāneum |
| ablative | extrāneō | extrāneā | extrāneō |
| vocative | extrānee | extrānea | extrāneum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | extrāneī | extrāneae | extrānea |
| genitive | extrāneōrum | extrāneārum | extrāneōrum |
| dative | extrāneīs | extrāneīs | extrāneīs |
| accusative | extrāneōs | extrāneās | extrānea |
| ablative | extrāneīs | extrāneīs | extrāneīs |
| vocative | extrāneī | extrāneae | extrānea |
causa, Auct. Her. 3, 2, 2: cognomen, id. ib. 4, 31, 42.—ceteri, qui testatoris juri subjecti non sunt, extranei heredes appellantur, Gai. Inst. 2, 161; Dig. 45, 3, 11 et saep.—ut non tam in extraneum translatum quam in familiam reversum videretur, Just. 1, 10: filiam extraneorum coetu prohibere, Suet. Aug. 69; id. Claud. 4 fin.: finis vitae ejus nobis luctuosus, amicis tristis, extraneis etiam ignotisque non sine cura fuit, Tac. Agr. 43; id. A. 4, 11; Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 39; Vulg. Psa. 68, 9 al.—Hence, adv.: extrā-nĕe, strangely, impertinently: definire, Boëth. Arist. Top. 1, 14.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Origins
From extrā (“outside”) + -āneus.